Rio de Janeiro is all about sports this month, with the first Olympic Games in South America captivating the city.

The world-recognized Marvelous City in even more beautiful thanks to French artist JR, who created a project called “Inside Out”. The work consists in two large installations made with construction scaffolding, forming athletic figures.

The project came when JR decided to create something special to celebrate Rio 2016. And he did it. The result is impressive and inspiring. Check it out.

The first sculpture is a portrait of a high jumper placed on the roof of a residential building. According to JR, his inspiration was Sudanese Mohamed Younes Idriss, an athlete who missed out on qualification for Rio 2016.

The second sculpture was inspired by the French triathlon athlete Leonie Periault, who also isn’t in Rio and it seems the artist’s team had to do some negotiations with the Brazilian navy to preserve Periault’s likeness.